Discourse Theory And Political Analysis

Description:
This multi-focal work brings together commissioned contributions from the Essex School of Political Discourse Theory. Drawing inspiration from the works of Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Slavoj Zizek, Jacques Derrida, Michael Foucault and Jacques Lacan, the contributors address particular questions using a common theoretical language. The book contains a clear introductory statement of the theoretical approach used, and concludes with an assessment of the future directions of discourse theory in the social sciences. This global volume ranges geographically from Western and Eastern Europe to Latin America and South Africa, from Hong Kong to Turkey and the USA. Each chapter has been selected to address a key theme and issue in contemporary politics and to highlight central concepts and research strategies in the post-structuralist, post-Marxist and psychoanalytical traditions of thinking.

Table of Contents:
Introducing discourse theory and political analysis, david Howarth, Yannis Stavrakakis; the political frontiers of the social - Argentine politics after Peronism, 1955-1973 - Sebastian Barros, Gustavo Castagnola; inter-war French fascism and the neo-socialism of Marcel Deat - the mergence of a 'third way', Steve Bastow; new environmental movements and direct action protest - the campaign against Manchester Airport's second runway, Steve Griggs, David Howarth; provisionalism and the (im)possibility of justice in Northern Ireland, anthony Clohesy; the Mexican revolutionary mystique, Rosa Nidia Buenfil Burgos; on the emergence of green ideology - the dislocation factor in green politics, Yannis Stavrakakis; the construction of Romanian social democracy, 1989-1996, Kevin Adamson; beyond being gay - the proliferation of political identities in Hong Kong, P. Sik-Ying, A. Kat Tat Tsang; the secret and the promise - women's struggles in Chiapas, Neil Harvey, Chris Halverson; the difficult emergence of a democratic imaginary - black consciousness and non-racial democracy in South Africa, David Howarth; democracy as the limit of Kemalist hegemony, Nur Betul Celik; sex and the limits of discourse, Jason Glynos; future trajectories of research in discourse theory -political frontiers, myths and imaginaries, hegemony, Aletta Norval.